Business Analyst Jobs in the North West

Business Analyst (BA)
England > North West

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the North West is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 142 85
Rank change year-on-year -23 -57 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 134 184 332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.36% 2.34% 3.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 2.62% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 97 159 225
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,407 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,875 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £56,750 £70,600 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 9,331 7,025 8,989
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 89.29% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,169 4,098 5,355
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the North West.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -8 71 £50,000 -16.67% 14
Merseyside +20 31 £46,250 -7.04% 2
Cheshire -7 25 £55,000 - 4
Cumbria -8 4 £52,500 -25.64%
Lancashire -41 3 £40,000 -30.43% 3
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Business Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 65 (48.51%) Agile
2 56 (41.79%) Business Analysis
3 47 (35.07%) Social Skills
4 41 (30.60%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (30.60%) Workshop Facilitation
4 41 (30.60%) User Stories
5 37 (27.61%) Requirements Gathering
6 36 (26.87%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (22.39%) Roadmaps
8 27 (20.15%) Acceptance Criteria
9 26 (19.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 25 (18.66%) JIRA
11 22 (16.42%) Degree
12 18 (13.43%) Finance
12 18 (13.43%) Decision-Making
12 18 (13.43%) Power Platform
13 17 (12.69%) Power BI
13 17 (12.69%) GAP Analysis
14 16 (11.94%) Change Management
14 16 (11.94%) Business Case
15 15 (11.19%) Legal
15 15 (11.19%) Migration
16 14 (10.45%) Project Management
16 14 (10.45%) UML
17 13 (9.70%) User Acceptance Testing
17 13 (9.70%) Requirements Workshops
17 13 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
18 12 (8.96%) Confluence
18 12 (8.96%) MS Visio
18 12 (8.96%) Law

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (8.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (8.96%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) SAP BPC
1 1 (0.75%) SAP CO
1 1 (0.75%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (0.75%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.43%) Power Platform
2 11 (8.21%) Azure
3 6 (4.48%) SaaS
4 5 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.99%) Miro
6 1 (0.75%) Asana
6 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.75%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.75%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.49%) DSL
1 2 (1.49%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.69%) Power BI
2 5 (3.73%) Qlik Sense
2 5 (3.73%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (18.66%) JIRA
2 2 (1.49%) Git
2 2 (1.49%) Postman
General
1 47 (35.07%) Social Skills
2 36 (26.87%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (13.43%) Finance
4 15 (11.19%) Legal
5 12 (8.96%) Law
6 9 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (6.72%) Retail
7 7 (5.22%) Health Technology
7 7 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.73%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.73%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.73%) Retail Finance
9 4 (2.99%) Games
10 3 (2.24%) Social Housing
11 2 (1.49%) Banking
11 2 (1.49%) Front Office
11 2 (1.49%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.49%) Local Government
12 1 (0.75%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.48%) .NET
2 5 (3.73%) Web Services
3 3 (2.24%) HTML
3 3 (2.24%) XML
4 2 (1.49%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.49%) Gherkin
4 2 (1.49%) JSON
4 2 (1.49%) JSON Schema
4 2 (1.49%) REST
4 2 (1.49%) RESTful
4 2 (1.49%) Swagger
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.46%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.22%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.24%) Blog
4 3 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.75%) LIMS
6 1 (0.75%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (48.51%) Agile
2 56 (41.79%) Business Analysis
3 41 (30.60%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (30.60%) User Stories
3 41 (30.60%) Workshop Facilitation
4 37 (27.61%) Requirements Gathering
5 30 (22.39%) Roadmaps
6 27 (20.15%) Acceptance Criteria
7 26 (19.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (13.43%) Decision-Making
9 17 (12.69%) GAP Analysis
10 16 (11.94%) Business Case
10 16 (11.94%) Change Management
11 15 (11.19%) Migration
12 14 (10.45%) Project Management
12 14 (10.45%) UML
13 13 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (9.70%) Requirements Workshops
13 13 (9.70%) User Acceptance Testing
14 11 (8.21%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.21%) SQL
2 4 (2.99%) C#
Qualifications
1 22 (16.42%) Degree
2 11 (8.21%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.97%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.24%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.24%) HND
4 3 (2.24%) NVQ Level 4
5 2 (1.49%) ISEB
6 1 (0.75%) CBAP
6 1 (0.75%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.72%) QA
2 3 (2.24%) PMO
3 2 (1.49%) EMIR
3 2 (1.49%) MiFID
Vendors
1 7 (5.22%) F5
2 6 (4.48%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.49%) Intapp
3 2 (1.49%) SAP
3 2 (1.49%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.75%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.75%) Google
4 1 (0.75%) IFS
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle
4 1 (0.75%) Workday
4 1 (0.75%) YouTube